3-10-2011 review by legitreviews

The max write speeds are considerably lower than the SandForce disks, the random writes where they were consistently lower than the SandForce drives. The RAID 0 performance was just awesome but out of reach financially for many consumers. Intel made a SATA3 drive that fares very well against the latest SandForce drives. While we can't say it leads its class, it's definitely going to cause others to look nervously over their proverbial shoulder.

Test Setup:

• CPU : Intel Core i5 2500k
• Graphics Card : Gigabyte GeForce GT 430
• Mainboard : ASUS P8P67
• Memory : Crucial 4GB PC3-10600 1333MHz
• Operating System : Windows 7 Pro x64
• PSU : Corsair HX1000
• SSD : Corsair Force 40GB

Compared To:

23 other SSD Drives from Kingston, G,Skill, Intel, Corsair, OCZ, ADATA, Micron, Zalman and Patriot.

Benchmarks:

ATTO, CrystalDiskMark, Iometer , PCMark Vantage, Real World Tests, Synthetic Benchmarks, Synthetic Benchmarks.

3-7-2011 review by thessdreview

The reviewers actually expected more from this drive. This solid -state drive is within many of the upper tier SATA 2 drives that the reviewers have evaluated and, with the IOPS specifications that they have provided.

Test Setup:

• Computer Case : Fractal-Design Define XL
• CPU Cooler : Corsair H50 High Performance Water CPU Cooler
• CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K
• Mainboard : Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7
• Memory : Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz
• Optical Drive : Sony Black DVD RWr
• PSU : Corsair Professional Series AX850 850W
• Video Card : MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II OC Editi

Benchmarks:

AS SSD, ATTO Disk Benchmark, Crystal Disk Mark, HD Tach, HD Tune Pro, PC Mark Vantage, Windows Experience Index Rating.